CVE-2020-7265 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Mac prior to 10.6.9 allows local users to delete files the user would otherwise not have access to via manipulating symbolic links to redirect a McAfee delete action to an unintended file. This is achieved through running a malicious script or program on the target machine.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00035.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Mcafee	Endpoint Security

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-28392	Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Mac prior to 10.6.9 allows local users to delete files the user would otherwise not have access to via manipulating symbolic links to redirect a McAfee delete action to an unintended file. This is achieved through running a malicious script or program on the target machine.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10316

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: trellix

Published: 2020-05-08T11:50:14.514170Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T20:42:09.215Z

Reserved: 2020-01-21T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-7265

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-05-08T12:15:12.160

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:36:57.337

Link: CVE-2020-7265

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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